Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania Car Accident Statistics
20 people died in 16 fatal crashes in Lackawanna County in 2024, according to NHTSA: 9.2 deaths per 100,000 residents, against 8.6 for Pennsylvania and 11.5 nationally. From 2019 through 2024 the county had 111 traffic deaths in 103 crashes, and 24% of the people killed were pedestrians.
Traffic deaths in Lackawanna County by year
| Year | Deaths | Fatal crashes |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20 | 16 |
| 2023 | 18 | 18 |
| 2022 | 22 | 21 |
| 2021 | 19 | 18 |
| 2020 | 22 | 20 |
| 2019 | 10 | 10 |
Who died
People killed in Lackawanna County crashes, 2019–2024.
Roads with the most fatal crashes
| Road | Fatal crashes | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| I-84 FALLEN TROOPER MEM HWY | 5 | 5 |
| I-81 AMERICAN LEGION MEM HWY | 5 | 6 |
| I-81 AMERICAN LEGION MEM HW | 4 | 4 |
| SR-307 SCRANTON POCONO HWY | 4 | 4 |
| US-11 BIRNEY AVE | 4 | 4 |
| SR-307 MORGAN HWY | 3 | 3 |
| SR-6006 SCRANTON-CARBONDALE HW | 3 | 3 |
| SR-690 MADISONVILLE RD | 3 | 3 |
| US-6 ROBERT P CASEY HW | 3 | 3 |
| US-6B SCRANTON-CARBONDALE HWY | 2 | 2 |
As named in crash reports, 2019–2024. Long highways cross many miles of the county, so they tend to rank high.
Fatal crashes inside city limits
| City | Fatal crashes | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| Scranton | 24 | 24 |
| Moosic | 10 | 11 |
| Archbald | 5 | 5 |
| Dunmore | 4 | 4 |
| Carbondale | 3 | 3 |
| Mayfield | 3 | 3 |
| Old Forge | 2 | 2 |
| Taylor | 2 | 2 |
| Blakely | 2 | 2 |
| Throop | 2 | 2 |
When fatal crashes happen
Time of day
Day of week (most: Friday)
44% of fatal crashes in Lackawanna County happened in the dark, and 35% on roads classed as rural.
Drinking and speeding
What the first impact was with:
After a crash in Pennsylvania
Injury claims have a filing deadline set by state law. See Pennsylvania's car accident statute of limitations, and how shared fault can reduce what you recover.
Personal injury lawyers in Scranton
Lawbamba lists 55 personal injury lawyers with an office in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the practice area that deals with the fatal crash records on this page. These 4 come first in that listing (how the order is set).
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Source: NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2024, which records every crash on a public road in which someone died within 30 days. Population figures are the Census Bureau's 2024 county estimates. A crash is counted where it happened, not where the people involved lived. “Drinking driver” means police reported a driver had been drinking; “speeding” means police reported at least one driver was speeding or going too fast for conditions. Injury-only crashes aren't in FARS.
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